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Internship at the University of Parma’s Quantum Software Laboratory
Open to PhD Candidates | Internship period: 3 months, from September to December 2025
In Distributed Quantum Computing (DQC), individual quantum processors – limited in the number of qubits – work together to solve computational tasks exceeding the computational resources available within a single processing device. Within QIA, UNIPR is doing research on DQC, with the purpose of implementing network services that enable the execution of distributed quantum programs on real quantum networks. The success of a distributed quantum computation depends on several factors, including the quality of physical qubits and gates of the quantum nodes, the entanglement routing effectiveness of the quantum network, the efficiency of the execution manager that schedules DQC jobs for execution.
In this context, the intern will be working on a research study regarding the design and evaluation of scheduling algorithms for DQC jobs, considering different-scale scenarios. The intern will review the existing literature and try to devise possible novel approaches. The correctness, effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed algorithms will be evaluated both theoretically and in simulation. At the end of the internship period, the intern will provide a report describing the research activity carried out.
The ideal candidate is a PhD student with some expertise in job scheduling, quantum algorithms, quantum software development, and Python.
References
[1] M Caleffi, M Amoretti, D Ferrari, J Illiano, A Manzalini, AS Cacciapuoti, Distributed quantum computing: a survey, Computer Networks 254, 110672, 2024
[2] D. Ferrari, M. Amoretti. A Design Framework for Distributed Quantum Computing Simulation, Proceedings of the 2024 Workshop on High Performance and Quantum Computing Integration (HPQCI ’24), Pisa, Italy, 2024
[3] D. Ferrari, M. Bandini, M. Amoretti, Execution Management of Distributed Quantum Computing Jobs, IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), Montreal, Canada, 2024
Internship supervisor
MIchele Amoretti, Director of Quantum Software Lab at the Department of Engineering and Architecture
About Quantum Software Lab
Main research interests are quantum algorithms, quantum compiling and gate synthesis, quantum protocols and quantum network applications, distributed quantum computing, quantum optimization, quantum machine learning, application-oriented benchmarking of quantum computing systems, quantum error correction and HPC/quantum integration.
Interested in this internship? Send an application on or before 31 May 2025!
To submit an application, send your CV (max 2 pages) and motivation letter to info@quantuminternetalliance.org on or before 31 May 2025. Kindly write “INTERNSHIP APPLICATION” on the subject line of your email.
*List of eligible countries: Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden
